ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51358
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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1943 |
| Time: | 21:17 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA972 |
| MSN: | OL-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pole 21-22 near De Koog, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by 3./ Flak Vlieland West.
Takeoff time: 18:55
Crew:
Pilot S/L. J.E.R. Hayter DFC 33405 RAF Den Burg K 5 108 Washed up pole 28 Texel 4 Oct 43
Flight engineer F/Sgt. G.S. Taylor R/73856 RCAF Terschelling 111 Washed up Terschelling 4 Jan 44
Navigator F/Lt. F.C. Webb DFM 116652 RAF Runnymede Memorial 122
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. G.J.T. Horton 1318975 RAF Runnymede Memorial 137
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.K. Prudhoe 1258424 RAF Den Burg K 5 112 Washed up pole 28 Texel 4 Oct 43
Air gunner F/Lt. F.R. Heeley 110617 RAF Denmark A 8 20 Was found at Meyers Sand near Sonderho Denmark on 31 Dec 43. Buried Esbjerg
Air gunner F/O. A.J. Ellis J/15925 RCAF Den Burg K 5 110 Washed up 4 Oct 43
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2918A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | R5640 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gartrop, Hünxe, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | PB138 | 83 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Adelheidsdorf, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Oct-2018 07:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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